Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with an increased risk of inflammatory skin diseases: a population-based cross-sectional study
M Kim, KH Choi, SW Hwang, YB Lee, HJ Park… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease of the gastrointestinal
tract attributed to aberrant activity of the immune system. Increasing evidence suggests that
patients with IBD are at an increased risk of inflammatory skin diseases (ISDs). Objective We
sought to clarify the association between IBD and ISDs using a nationwide health claims
database maintained in Korea. Methods We interrogated Korean health claim database data
from 2009 to 2013. We enrolled all patients with IBD, and age-and sex-matched control …
tract attributed to aberrant activity of the immune system. Increasing evidence suggests that
patients with IBD are at an increased risk of inflammatory skin diseases (ISDs). Objective We
sought to clarify the association between IBD and ISDs using a nationwide health claims
database maintained in Korea. Methods We interrogated Korean health claim database data
from 2009 to 2013. We enrolled all patients with IBD, and age-and sex-matched control …